Awards
- Named greatest golfer/athlete by Sports Illustrated; GOLF Magazine; Associated Press; Golfweek; GolfWorld; PGATOUR.com and GolfWeb; ESPN; British Broadcasting Company; and Today's Golfer.
- Named golfer of the Century/Millennium by Asian Golf Monthly, Associated Press, British Broadcasting Company, Golf Digest, GOLF Magazine, Golf Monthly Magazine, Golfweek, Golf Web, GolfWorld, International Association of Golf Tour Operators, PGA TOUR.com, Today's Golfer.
- Named Florida Athlete of the Century.
- Received a Doctor of Athletic Arts Honorary Degree from Ohio State University, 1972.
- Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 1974.
- Received a Doctor of Laws Honorary Degree from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
- Inducted into the Memorial Honorees at the Memorial Tournament, 2000.
- Received the Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence in 2001 being the first golfer and only the third athlete in the award's history.
- Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient in 2005
- Inducted into the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame in the class of 2006.
- Presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship by the Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution in Palm Beach, Florida; January 2008.
- Presented with the Charlie Bartlett Award from the Golf Writers Association of America at its annual awards dinner in Augusta, Georgia in April 2009 recognizing four decades of charitable work with children.
- Presented with the National Pathfinder Award at the annual Pathfinder Awards Banquet in June 2009 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indiana for decades of dedication to youth in need, most recently through the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation.
- In April 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives approved awarding him the Congressional Gold Medal; the bill now goes to the U.S. Senate for consideration; he would join Arnold Palmer should he receive it.
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